Turkish president and Qatari emir to lay foundation of Sakarya defence factory

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will attend the groundbreaking ceremony at the defence industry factory in Turkey's Sakarya on January 13.

The facility will be contracted by BMC Otomotiv. New facility will contain train, truck and bus production facilities of BMC brand name.

As expected. the factory will become one of Turkey's biggest defence industry projects of recent years, RIA Novosti reported.